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About Marcus Young

Young received his BA in music from Carleton College and his MFA in theater from the University of Minnesota. Past works include Pacific Avenue, a lifelong slow-walking and smiling project; Break, a fortune cookie project for Chinese restaurants; Untitled Painting, a moving art object at the Walker Art Center; and And, a work of Zen-theater that explores the performer-audience relationship. Marcus is a recipient of awards from the Bush Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board, Drama League, and Franklin Furnace. His most recent works include From Here to There and Beyond, a drawn two-mile line from the gallery to the Mississippi River, and untitled works performed at live art festivals in Manchester, England, and Sete, France. He is currently Artist-in-Residence for the city of Saint Paul, a program of Public Art Saint Paul. “Semblances,” a group exhibition featuring new work by Jennifer Danos, Natasha Pestich, and Marcus Young, was on display in the MAEP galleries, October 22, 2011 – January 1, 2012.